Terminal clip.



w. S HAW. TERMINAL CLIP.

APPLICATION FILED AUGI 6| 1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR fig WILLIAM SHAW ATTORNEY I of a section'of a metal in a more or less description of WILLIAM SHAW, OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL CARBON or CLEVELAND, 01110, A conrona'rrouor NEW JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

Application'flled August 6, 1912. Serial No. 713,571.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAM SHAW, a resident of Lakewood, in the county of Guyahoga, in the State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Terminal Clips, of which the following is a clear and exact description.

This invention relates to to be attached to flexible ductors.

The usual type of clip in use at the present time is formed by bending a flat piece of metal into proper shape and then attaching it to the end of the conductor. The

terminal clips electrical conresulting clip has a seam on one side and does not have a neat appearance.

The object of'this invention is to form a clip having no seam.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a view of the essential parts of a device for spinning the ends of the tube. Fig. 2 is a side view tube having one end spun to a reduced diameter. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line AA of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a view of the spun tube with a pigtail therein.

it has been pressed. Fig.6 is an end view of the clip shown in Fig. 4 after it has been pressed. Fig. 7 is a view of the clip after it has been pressed and the slot cut. Fig. of a slot. Fig. 9 is a sectional view of a. clip and attached pigtail in which the tubular clip has been pressed flat.

Referring to Fig. 1 a tube 1 is represented diagrammatic way as being rotated by a chuck 2 4. As is well known, the tube will be spun to a point 5 if it is rotated at a high speed whole and pressed to the right between the two wheels or is pressed between the wheels in a direction perpendicular to'the plane of the paper. tate, but have no rotative tendency except when engaged by the rotating tube 1. Since no claimis made in this application to the apparatus for spinning the tubes, no further 1t is necessary.

After the tube 1 has been spun at one end Fig. 5 is a section through the. clip after 8 shows a clip with a'hole instead against two wheels 3, y

The wheels 3, 4 are free to ro-' with a flattened b0 v and cut oif as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, a wire conductor 6 is inserted through the hole 7 and spread out as at 8. All of the tube 1 but the spun end 5 is then pressed or flattened by any means as shown in Fig. 5. A front viewof the clip after it has been flattened is given in Fig. 6. The opening 9 which may be either a slot or hole, is then cut. in the clip.

Instead of flattening all but the spun end 5 of the tube as in Figs. 5 and 6, the entire tube may be flattened. This is shown in Fig. 9. However, the latter-may tend to cause the wires to break under constant bending of the conductor in use, and hence tened tube with a constricted end, a cable.

clamped between the sides of the tube and extending through the constricted end.

2. A terminal clip consisting of a flattened tube with a constricted end and a cable clamped between the sides of the'tube and COMPANY,

extending through said end, the other end of said flattened tube therethrough. v

,3."A terminal clip consisting of a flathaving an opening sides of thebody portion only.

tened body portion and an end ortion with e' said opening and i 4. A terminal clip consisting of a tube tially conical end and a flexible cable extending through the said end and clamped between the sides of said body portion.

5. A terminal cli consisting of a tube portion and an end with a flattened body portion and a substang I "memso ortion with a constricted opening, a flexile cable extending through-the said opening and clamped between the sides of the body portion only, said end portion extend- 5 ing to one side "of the central longitudinal axis of the boey portion.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto vsignedi my name in the presence of two Witnesses. 1 v

' WILLIAM SHAW.

Witnesses HENRY Kwmos,= J. H. CRosnY. 

